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Eclectic Grooves / Party Floor Fillers

Image	DJ Name	Music Style	MP3	Book
	Duane "Faro" Farr	Party music,Disco, 70's Soul, Funk, Latin & Dance.
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Hometown
Bournemouth (grew up in Guildford)

Age
32

Music Style(s)Party DJ specialising in retro and contemporary funky grooves:Disco,Soul, Funk, Hip-Hop,Latin,RnB,Jazzy beats and Soulful Funky House.

Venues Played
London

Cargo,Rivington Street- VJing

Montuno's - Shoreditch High Street

Bar Sia -Wimbledon

Dylan's Bar - Bournemouth University

Jagz- Ascot

Berrystede Hotel - Ascot (in conjunction with Jam Entertainment)

Mango - Reading

The Station - Woking

Scratched

The Sports Bar

Jazzmine (Vamps)

Archees

Bojanglez -Guildford

Platform 9

Heywoods

Pews

3 Tuns

Plantation Cafe

Hurtwood Park Polo and Country Club, Ewhurst.

Golf Club - Camberley

Private functions

Promoters Worked For

Jam Entertainment - Will Burns

Sidetraked - Theo Ackroyd

The Loft - upper deck Bojanglez

Melting Pot / Connected Vibes

Smiley Cultures

Zest Promoted nights:

Zest In The City - Montunos,Shoreditch

Squeeze - Mango,Reading

Preferred Equipment
Technics 1210s,Pioneer DJ M600 mixer and CDJ 1000s.

Break-through Gig

Pews Bar - Guildford '95

Most Memorable Gig

Busbridge Village Hall 1997 - it was someone's 18th birthday from the sixth form college in Godalming and was Fragglez,Lady C and myself plus MC Lazy Ace on the mic.

Really good night DIY party style!

Music ranged from Hardcore,Jungle / DnB and UKGarage which I was just getting into. Lazy ripped it over Lady C's rolling DnB! Good up for it party people and the wine did flow alongwith other things;)

More recently was New Years Eve 2004 at a rather nice hotel in Ascot with Dylan O'Byrne.It was a mission picking up the sound system (thanks Alfresco ;) much appreciated) and finding the venue but well worth it! The party was organised by promoter and DJ Will Burns.We hosted the 2nd room provided the good grooves and it rocked!!!

Favourite Venue(s)

Have fond memories at Surrey University Students Union and Vamps,Woking when it was the Jazzmine but I don't really have a favourite club for me it is somewhere outside in the summer.
Notting Hill Carnival at the right sound systems such as KCC and the Rockin Crew, Good Times or Gaz's Rockin Blues. Also the Respect Festival at the Dome or a park.

Favourite DJ
Norman Jay - he's the man!

First Record Bought
'Pass The Dutchie ' - Musical Youth.

Inspirations
Influences on the style of music I specialise in include Break Dance - the movie, Hip Hop - A Street History, London's Notting Hill Carnival, DJs Norman Jay MBE, Spoony, KCC, Grandmaster Flash plus my old Guildford crew Connected Vibes / Melting Pot Massive - KJ, Jazz Jon, Richie Jay alongwith Andy 'Lazy Ace' Cooper, Ben ' DJ Sureshot' Hamilton, Mark 'Relic' Lale AKA The Kramstar Mark e Fresh, Rick AKA Scorpio and the original Andy Prone.

Interesting Facts About Duane "Faro" Farr

Got married 1/9/01 -the day when England beat Germany 5-1!!! He is married to Claire and has a handsome son called Oliver. Duane is mad about Pro wrestling and has a superb collection of grapple vids! I was also an extra in the Gladiator movie,but your can't see me as the camera angle changes when I'm in shot!

Biography

Duane is the proprietor of Zest Entertainment which was launched in the summer of 2003 in Woking, Surrey.

"In order to run a DJ agency you need to know about dance music, he has always had a passion for music from an early age. It helped having an older sister who bought music. The music I first liked in the early 80's included Musical Youth,Adam Ant and Duran Duran - then pretty soon Breakdancing and Hip Hop arrived from across the pond which grabbed my attention.

The Breakdance movie and Beat Street were a big influence alongwith seeing the older kids breaking in the streets to the sounds of the latest Electro tape on their ghetto blasters."

Breakdancing wasn't with us so much but the rapping was with records like Dougie Fresh and the Get Fresh Crews seminal hit 'The Show' kept reeling him in alongwith Run DMC and the Beastie Boys.

"As I was quite young I mainly listened to music off the radio on the chart show on a Sunday evening waiting for something Hip Hop sounding to record onto tape. I still have those early tapes with Dougie Fresh and The Beastie Boys. An older friend on our road Shane Koster told me about Dave Pearces Rap show - 'A Fresh Start To The Week' which helped me keep on top of the latest from the underground."

"Being into Hip Hop as my main thing it was easy to be narrowminded as it was so cutting edge and it seemed like something you live by not just listen to! Not long after leaving school I made a friend called Abdul who was mates with some old school mates who were now all Hip Hop heads (well then anyway!),through Abdul I met Andy Cooper (MC Lazy Ace) who was busting some lyrics at Abduls house and was well impressed! I became good mates with Andy who got me into Funk,Ska and Raggae.He then introduced me to the Notting Hill Carnival that summer in 1993. The following summer we all got into Jungle and a bit of House on the side! A few years later I also got into Speed Garage which became UK Garage."

"Hip Hop was always my main thing, loved the breaking, graf & the music, still do just got into other stuff as time has gone on. The Jungle scene had a big influence too along with the Notting Hill Carnival which I've gone to since '93. Got into House & Garage as it was more lively downstairs at Bo's! Got bored of waiting for one good Hip Hop tune and wanted to party and pull birds!

My first break was guest sets at Pews Bar for Connected Vibes/Melting Pot, which was always eclectic and damn funky!

Mid to late nineties hooked up with Lady C and a DJ who now calls himself Mark 'e' Fresh, we put on some great parties. A real corker was a at Busbridge Village Hall for some 6th formers of Godalming College, upfront music and upfront revellers!

I took a break from partying and DJing to get married and become a Dad, then set up the agency and started playing out again."

I'm a firm believer in compilations. My favourites are those from Defected and Norman and Joey Jay's Good Times comps and others put together by people like Jazzie B and Gilles Peterson. Compilations if they are the right ones are a good indication of what is hot from someone who knows their stuff.

"My DJ sets are funky and eclectic,ranging from Rare Groove and Disco to classic Hip Hop and upfront soulful RnB with a sprinkling of groovyliscious House and Jazzy beats!" In recent times I have also evolved into a party DJ available for children's parties, 16, 18th, 21st, 40th, 50th,80th weddings and engagements. I specialise in 30th birthdays.

The Likely suspects

'Chic Cheer' - Chic
'Miracles' - Jackson Sisters

'Mr Sandman' - 3 X Dope (CJ Macintosh mix)
De La Soul - 'Roller Skate Jam Named Saturday

Nu Yorican Soul feat Jocelyn Brown - 'It's Alright,I Feel It' (MAW Alternative 12" mix)
Amerie - 'One Thing'
Beyonce - 'Crazy In Love'
Candy Staton - 'You Got The Love'
Roy Ayers - 'Fever'
? - Hector
Isaac Hayes - Shaft In Africa
Dexter Wansel - Life On Mars
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - Mcfadden and Whitehead
'Tell Me What To Do' - Johnny Hammond
'I Wouldn't Change A Thing' - Coke Escovedo
'Apache'- The Incredible Bongo Band
'MADE IT BACK' - Beverley Knight (DODGE'S CLUB VERSION)
'Hold It Down' - 4 Hero (Bugz In The Attic Co-operative mix)
'Tandoori Hustle' - Disco Connection
'I'm A Good Man' - Martin Solveig (Mousse T Breakbeat mix)
'Fairplay' - Soul 2 Soul (feat Rose Windross)
'Battle' - Wookie (feat Lain - full mix)
'Scrappy' - Wookie
'K -Jee' - MFSB
'California Soul' - Marlena Shaw